OSP Virtual Jeopardy: CFC Environment Edition

EARTH

100

Earth 100

Question: A State in the US where in 1980, the U.S. Congress set aside 17 million acres and declared it a permanent wilderness 

Answer: What is "Alaska"

200

Earth 200

Question: The layers of Soil are referred to as _____. 

Answer: What is "Horizons" 

300

Earth 300

Question: The three main classifications of rock, based on the way the rock was formed are Sedimentary, metamorphic and _____.

Answer: What is "Igneous"

400

Earth 400

Question: As opposed to wind or solar energy fossil fuels are these types of resources; they run out

Answer: What is "Non- renewable"

500

Earth 500

Question: The four types of fossil fuels are Orimulsion, coal, natural gas and ___.

Answer: What is "Petroleum"

FIRE

100

Fire 100

Question: The ancient civilization that started fire with concentrated sunlight.

Answer: The Greeks

200

Fire 200

Question: The three components of the fire triangle necessary for fire to exist. 

Answer: Heat, oxygen and fuel

300

Fire 300

Question: In 1973 the EPA was successful in banning the use of this spray meant for fireproofing

Answer: What is "Asbestos"

400

Fire 400

Question: The process of treating land by using carefully and skillfully applied fire to burn some of the vegetation.

Answer: A Prescribed Fire 

500

Fire 500 

Question: A large wildfire.   

Answer: What is "A Conflagration"

AIR

100

Air 100

Question: Your carbon one isn't made with your shoe but your lifestyle

Answer: What is "Your Footprint"

200

Air 200

Question: A phenomenon where water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun, warming the Earth.

Answer: What is "The Greenhouse Effect"

300

Air 300

Question: The lowest layer of the atmosphere

Answer: What is "The Troposphere"

400

Air 400

Question: The two elements that make up most of the Earth's core.

Answer: What is "Iron and nickel"

500

Air 500

Question: The coldest part of Earth's atmosphere, with temperatures averaging about minus 130 degrees F.

Answer: What is "The Mesosphere" 

WATER

100

Water 100

Question: The percent of fresh water Earth is covered by. Hint: It's between 1 and 10%

Answer: What is "3%" 

200

Water 200

Question: The largest source of water pollution in U.S. rivers spreading from fields aka agricultural

Answer: What is "Runoff"

300

Water 300

Question: The amount of countries that border the Pacific Ocean. Hint: The answer is between 50 and 100. 

Answer: What is "55" 

400

Water 400

Question: A body of water that is used for commerce since ancient Egyptian times, after the 1869 opening of the Suez Canal, making transport between Europe and Asia much easier.

Answer: What is "The Red Sea" 

500

Water 500

Question: A ring-shaped coral reef or island surrounding a central lagoon. 

Answer: What is "atoll" 

PLANTS

100

Plants 100

Question: A cluster of bananas 

Answer: What is "A Hand"

200

Plants 200

Question: The fastest growing woody plant.

Answer: What is "Bamboo" 

300

Plants 300

Question: The first type of aspirin, painkiller, and fever reducer came from the tree bark of this type of tree.

Answer: What is "A Willow Tree" 

400

Plants 400

Question: The type of acid that causes the form of tears when cutting an onion

Answer: What is "Sulfuric Acid" 

500

Plants 500

Question: The science of calculating a tree’s age by its rings.

Answer: What is "Dendrochronology"